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Monday, October 4, 2010

Juicing + Sloppy Lentils

This weekend I decided to utilize my crock pot. Why don’t I use this genius invention more often?? It’s so easy to make something delicious with little to no effort.

Friday night while Erik and I were out, my crock pot made us sloppy lentils. I saw this recipe, or something similar to it, floating around some blogs recently and bookmarked one of them for a time such as this.

I was really happy with the results. I think next time I might sub half of the lentils for black beans, though. Lentils are so fiber packed it’s almost a little much in my opinion. I adapted this recipe.

Sloppy Lentils

Ingredients:

2 cups water

1 cup dry lentils, rinsed

1 small chopped onion

15 oz can diced tomatoes (drained),

1 (6 oz) can tomato paste

2 tablespoons minced garlic

1/2 cup ketchup

1 tablespoon chili powder

3 tablespoons agave nectar

1 Tbsp white vinegar

salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions:

Throw all ingredients in a crock pot, cook on low for approximately five hours. Serve with bun and side of choice.

And it made for awesome easy leftovers the next day:

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I'm a crock pot addict! Its so wonderful to be able to throw a meal together quick and have it hot & ready at dinner time! Your lentils look like they turned out fantastic! I make a quick version of this using canned beans often

I need a juicer AND a crockpot! Those are two kitchen gadgets that I will be adding to my wedding registry list (no, I'm not engaged, but I'm hoping to be soon!). I think these two gadgets are just so convenient and like you said, leftover fruits and veggies can actually be put to use with the juicer! It's the perfect invention.